TEDxMCGS Youth

Speakers

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• Dr. Rashmi Mantri

  EdTech Entrepreneur

  Founder of BYITC and a trailblazer in educational innovation, Dr Mantri has built platforms that bridge learning, creativity and technology. In her talk, she will share how new-age ideas in education can converge with traditional values to craft opportunities for all. She argues that real impact happens when we bring together youthful energy, technological tools and human-centred design to meet the pressing challenges of today’s learners.

• Shantilal Joshi

  Interior Head

  Mr. Shantilal Joshi, initiated into the Phad tradition at the age of seven, is a direct inheritor of this historic artistic lineage. He has showcased Phad painting at national and international forums, including the USSR Festival, Surajkund Mela, and the Asiad Art Gallery. His contributions have earned distinguished accolades such as the Kala Shree Award and the Presidential Award (1991). His works are preserved in esteemed institutions, including the Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan, and Amer Fort. With fewer than twenty full-time Phad practitioners remaining, his role in safeguarding and advancing this heritage remains indispensable and widely respected.

• Shyam Sunder Paliwal

  Social Activist

  Padma Shri recipient and pioneer of the “Piplantri Model”, Mr Paliwal turned his small village in Rajasthan into a green, inclusive community by linking the birth of every girl-child with the planting of 111 trees, promoting both gender equity and environmental regeneration. In his address, he will draw from this extraordinary journey of social innovation and ecological resilience—showing how bold ideas become action and how one person’s vision can meet community energy to produce transformational change. His story is about ideas meeting nature, purpose meeting practice, and empowerment meeting sustainability.

• Yashnita Nambiar

  Student

  A dynamic young voice from our school, she has continually distinguished herself as a passionate leader, articulate communicator and thinker. From the debating podium to Model UN conferences, she brings sharp insight, glowing confidence and a dedication to youth-led change. In her talk, she will explore how fresh perspectives can spark meaningful ideas, and how students — empowered with clarity and conviction — can shape the future. Her presence reminds us that ideas don’t only originate from experience, but also from curiosity, courage and the willingness to question.